Webaholic

By Jaisung Yoon

The Internet offers access to vast amounts of information and is an important tool for many of us in our everyday lives. However, it also offers bad influences to many people. They waste time on the Internet or get bad information from there. Some serious people don’t move and are on the Internet the whole day. Sometimes they lose their sociality so that they can’t adjust themselves to their everyday life; in addition, they lose friends and health. The variety of activities to improve their growing up disappears because of the Internet. We can’t imagine how many things they will lose in their life. The three most commonly proposed solutions to this serious problem are making a plan for using the computer, having good hobbies, and saying and sharing your Internet addiction with people addicted to the Internet.

In the first solution, people addicted to the Internet make a plan for using the Internet. For instance, when they have spare time or even when they are working, studying, they try to work on the Internet, checking e-mail, managing their blogs, and playing Internet games. They seem likely not to control themselves from Internet addiction. Let them make a plan for using the Internet. They need to consider some things before making the plan: ‘Why do I use the Internet?’, ‘How long will I use the Internet?’, and ‘Don’t I have an alternative way instead of the Internet?’. Then they make a plan to temper overusing the Internet. This will help them.

Another solution to Internet addiction is to have good hobbies: exercise, reading, walking, and hanging around with friends. Somebody said, the Internet also is a hobby. That’s the truth; however, overusing the Internet is not. They need a right hobby to reduce their using the Internet more and more. Then finally they can get back their sociality and everyday life. Moreover, by having a good hobby, they can get new experiences or friends to help in their life.

The last solution, then, is to talk and share their problem in an addiction support group. If they want to fix their problem, they need to know that first. Meeting same kinds of people is the best way to know that. In a webaholic support group, you can say and share your problem with group mates. They could know what is good or bad for them; as well, they can give solutions to each other. In addition, they can comfort each other.

Even though overusing Internet has many bad influences, we can’t escape completely from the use of the Internet. So, we should use the Internet effectively and carefully. It is clear that for us to have vast amounts information and fun, it will be necessary to encourage each other not to be slaves to the Internet. We should make a habit of using the Internet wisely.